Summary – Sharpay always won. She was always number one. No one had ever been able to compare to her. Who did that Gabriella Montez think she was anyway? Stealing Sharpay's role? The musical was Sharpay's life! She had already picked out the colors for her dressing room! She was not going to take this one sitting down. Takes place after High School Musical. Will most likely be ruined by the release of High School Musical 2, but that's not stopping me.

Sharpay Evan's was a drama queen. She blew the smallest little problems way out of proportion. So when she lost her role in East High's musical to a brainy, new girl, she was not about to take it lying down. Oh, sure, she pretended to be nice, ("Break a leg" "…" "In theatre, that means good luck")But inside, she couldn't stand it. She needed to come up with a plan, someway to get back in her show. And she would succeed. After all, she was Sharpay Evans. She was the better actor. She was a way better singer. She may have lost once, but she was not about to lose again. Especially not to little miss…

"Gabriella Montez?" asked the teacher. No answer.

"Gabriella Montez?" Still no answer.

"Has anyone seen Ms…."

"I'm right here Ms. Darbus!" came the high – pitched, annoying voice of Gabriella Montez. She was running, so she was slightly out breath as she handed her pass to Ms. Darbus. "Sorry, I'm late," she apologized, "but I had to talk to Mr. Matsui about the scholastic decathlon team."

Unseen to Gabriella, or Ms. Darbus, Sharpay Evans, who was sitting right in front of them, rolled her eyes. Sharpay Evans hated Gabriella. Gabriella was on the Scholastic decathlon team. Even though she had just joined the team this year, she had replaced Taylor McKessie(spelling?) as president. How could she get Gabriella to fail any class (making her ineligible to be Minnie in the musical)? It was a plan that would never work. Gabriella was too smart for that. Hmm… Must think of a way to get her out. But it has to look like I had nothing to do with it…Failing would have been too easy.

Sharpay had to endure three agonizing hours of helping Ms. Darbus coach Troy and Gabriella into shape. They were o.k., but they weren't brilliant. Sharpay and Ryan were naturals at everything musical and were used to being on stage. Sharpay had never realized how hard it was to be on the sidelines. She didn't know you had to endure the agony of watching the leads block. Especially Troy and Gabriella, whom, everyone knew, were not as good as Sharpay and Ryan. They just had a much better audition. Sharpay had never realized just how annoying Ms. Darbus' "Does anyone have any suggestions for improvement?" was. Of course when Sharpay and Ryan were the leads, there were no suggestions. They were good when they were just blocking. But Troy and Gabriella were not Sharpay and Ryan. And Sharpay had tons of suggestions. She was, after all, president of the Drama Club. Ryan, on the other hand, was not as disturbed by the take over. He was happy to have time to do his homework, listen to his new iPod nano, and just have less work in general. That was the reason that Sharpay had to fight to keep the musical running and get her part back. Her brother would be completely happy if Sharpay got the female lead without him getting the male lead. To be completely honest, it always grossed him out. Good thing Sharpay and Ryan were such a good actors. (a/n: hello? It's a high school musical. Musicals tend to have romances. If the leads kiss, IT"S FOR REAL! Is Disney promoting incest now? I would not be surprised after that whole Jackson/Hannah thing they did.)

Sharpay could not stop thinking about replacing Gabriella. What could she do to get Gabriella out? Hmm… there has to be some way to make her quit. Or ineligible. I don't really care. As long as she's not in MY Musicale. Sharpay thought about pushing her down the stairs, but that was, too obvious. Everyone would know it was me. Sharpay was so desperate that she even thought about asking Gabriella for her role. But that was too … submissive. And Sharpay was not about to ask nicely for something that already belonged to her. Then, it hit her. A brilliant idea. Now why didn't I think of that before!

Tell me what you think…

P.S. this will start out with some troyella but soon become a troypay. Then it will switch back to being a troyella. You'll have to read to see if it ends as a troypay or a troyella.